Continuing Education

Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Program

North Dakota’s CPC program for engineers and surveyors started on January 1, 2005

The first time to report your CPC credits is when you renew your registration for the 2007-2008.

Registrants have two years to earn 30 professional development hours (PDH)

Dual registrants must earn a minimum of 10 PDHs in each profession

20 PDHS must be in technical subject areas

A maximum of 15 PDH’s may be carried over from one reporting period to another

Retired registrants are not required to obtain CPC credits while retired

A contact hour is a minimum of 50 minutes of actual instruction time not to include any breaks and is equal to one PDH

PDH’s will be rounded down to the nearest half hour and no activity under one half of an hour will be accepted for CPC credit

Ten PDH’s equal one continuing education unit (CEU)

Teaching an approved class for the first time entitles the presenter to a double amount of PDH’s

Registrants may earn up to two PDH’s for “active participation” in a professional organization up to a maximum of three organizations, with the total PDH’s earned in this manner to not exceed six PDH’s in any two year reporting period

Record keeping is the responsibility of the registrant

CPC materials must be maintained for a minimum of four years from the date of the last biennial renewal in the event you are selected for an audit of your CPC credits

An exemption from the CPC requirement due to military deployment, physical disability or temporary leave from professional status may be requested from the State Board of Registration

Professional engineers who are voluntarily registered pursuant to NDAC 28-04-01-07(3) may seek an exemption from the CPC requirement by applying to the State Board of Registration

Reinstatements to active practice may be made to the Board of Registration at any time

In some instances, to become reinstated to active practice, registrants will be required to obtain CPC credits for the period during which the registrant was exempt from the CPC requirement